The Pirate Bay has filed police report against anti-piracy group for copyright infringement… because they took a little girl’s laptop

Looks like they weren’t kidding[2]! Recall how anti-piracy group Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Centre (CIAPC) literally copied The Pirate Bay’s (TPB) website. In response, TPB threatened to sue for copyright infringement. Now, TPB hasn’t gone as far as suing the CIAPC but, according to TPB, they’ve filed a police report with the Finnish police saying that the anti-piracy group committed copyright infringement. Yep, wrap your head around that one!

Turns out that it’s quite personal too, the Pirate Bay says that they don’t normally mind copying (of course they don’t) but they do mind in this case because it was the Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Centre (CIAPC). Here’s their statement:

The reason [for the police report] is that CIAPC have copied files from which The Pirate Bay is built, to produce a fraudulent parody site. While The Pirate Bay may have a positive view on copying, it will not stand by and watch copyright enforcing organizations disrespect copyright. It’s funny that we have to teach the copyright lobby the meaning of the law.”

The reason why TPB seems to be singling out the CIAPC as the one entity they do mind is copying them is that it is the same organization that tracked down a girl that downloaded a copyrighted music album from the Pirate Bay. That eventually led to a police investigation and the confiscation of her laptop. The thing is, she was only 9 years old and said laptop was a Winnie the Pooh laptop.

The Pirate Bay also adds that they filed the police report because they “enjoy being a pain in the ass of the copyright lobby” but also “because we think a certain 9 year old girl should have her computer back. Any money that might come out of this will fund a new computer for the girl.”

I’m not pro-piracy or anything but, I sure hope that girls get her laptop back. Come on.